Snowflake DIRECTOR SALES ENGINEERING - FRANCE 

France, Ile-de-France 

657827480

Reporting to the VP of EMEA Sales Engineering you will play a hands on role of building a team of sales engineers and owning the P&L responsibilities for the group.

• Build and lead a team of sales engineers who serve as our core product introduction, evaluation and education experts

• Partner with sales leadership to achieve regional quota targets, our goals and ensure relationships are built

• Provide guidance to revenue leaders on sales strategy, product obstacles/gaps and represent the team’s needs to executive staff

• Interpret complex problems, create simple solutions and collaborate closely with prospects, channel partners and our sales team to deliver winning solutions

• Collaborate and maintain a close working relationship with product, engineering, sales, marketing and services

• Play an active role in sourcing and screening potential candidates and managing the interview process

• Act as a player/coach working with your team on and delivering compelling presentations to customers and prospects

• 10+ years of industry experience in a pre-sales capacity with 4+ years of direct, second line management experience (hiring, training and retaining top talent)

• Industry expertise within Data Warehousing, Business Intelligence, Data Analytics and/or Cloud Computing

• Outstanding presenting skills to both technical and executive audiences, whether impromptu on a whiteboard or using presentations and demos.

• Ability to connect a customer’s specific business problems and Snowflake’s solutions

• University degree in computer science, engineering, mathematics or related fields, or equivalent experience preferred